Weyl-Kondo Semimetal in Heavy Fermion Systems

Insulating states can be topologically nontrivial, a well-established notion that is exemplified by the quantum Hall effect and topological insulators. By contrast, topological metals have not been experimentally evidenced until recently. In systems with strong correlations, they have yet to be iden...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-01
Main Authors: Hsin-Hua Lai, Grefe, Sarah E, Paschen, Silke, Si, Qimiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fermions
Heavy fermion systems
Kondo effect
Metalloids
Quantum Hall effect
Spin-orbit interactions
Topological insulators
Topology
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Summary:Insulating states can be topologically nontrivial, a well-established notion that is exemplified by the quantum Hall effect and topological insulators. By contrast, topological metals have not been experimentally evidenced until recently. In systems with strong correlations, they have yet to be identified. Heavy fermion semimetals are a prototype of strongly correlated systems and, given their strong spin-orbit coupling, present a natural setting to make progress. Here we advance a Weyl-Kondo semimetal phase in a periodic Anderson model on a noncentrosymmetric lattice. The quasiparticles near the Weyl nodes develop out of the Kondo effect, as do the surface states that feature Fermi arcs. We determine the key signatures of this phase, which are realized in the heavy fermion semimetal Ce\(_3\)Bi\(_4\)Pd\(_3\). Our findings provide the much-needed theoretical foundation for the experimental search of topological metals with strong correlations, and open up a new avenue for systematic studies of such quantum phases that naturally entangle multiple degrees of freedom.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1612.03899